Golf tee



G. CLAUSlNG GOLF TEE Sept. 6, 1927.

Filed March 19, 1927 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 6, 1927. 1

UNITED STATES PATENT OF GEORGE GLAUSING, or roRTSmouTn, OHIO, ASSIGNOR To THE VULCAN LAST COM- PANY, or PORTSMOUTH, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

GOLF TEE.

Application filed March 19, 1927, Serial No. 176,811.

My invention relates to golf tees. It is the object of my invention to provide a golf tee, which may be firmly embedded 1n the ground in such a manner that the transverse and upward stroke of the club in removing the ball from the tee will not extract the tee from the ground so that the small tee will become lost in the grass.

Accordingly, it is my object to provide a tee which can be screwed into the ground and which will provide spaces between the threads of the screw or theprojections on the shaft of the ground attaching means that the soil will enter therebetween and serve to firmly retain the golf tee in pos1- tion. l

' Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of one such a tee;

Figure 2' is-a top plan view thereof;

Figure 3 is a section on the l1ne 3- 3 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 4 is a side elevation of a modification of this screw type;

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 is a body of any desired configuration, but

form (3f preferably square, the top'of which is cut" away asat 2 leaving'corner supports 3 having semi-circular inneredges 4 upon which the .golf ball rests. The under side of this body is provided with a ground attachlng pin or shaft 5 which is provided with a plurality of spaced projections 6 so that there character designated 7 between the raised portionsor-rings 6. The golf tee of thls character when inserted in the ground is The tee can be thrust directly down into the ground or it. may be twisted into the held in the ground.

are a plurality of depressions of annular ground. The several circular ridges 6 are substantially of the same diam ter.

Referring to the type shown in Figure 4, 1 is a square head having a golf ball supporting surface 3 while the shaft 5 is tapered to a point 8, but instead of the spaced independent rings 6 I haVe provided a continuous. screw thread 9 with a sharp edge 10 of descending diameter to facilitate the screwing of the tee into the ground, which is particularly effective where there are stones or other obstructions which may resist the penetration of the tee into the ground.

It will be understood that I desire to comprehend within my invention such modifications as may be necessary to adapt it to varying conditions and uses.

y Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In combination in a golf tee of a head having a bail supporting surface and a shaft 05 having aplurality of independent Spaced rings, said rings to be semi-circular'in sec- .tion having valleys therebetween semi-circular in section whereby the tee is securely 2. In combination in a golf tee of a head having a ball supporting surface and a shaft having a plurality of independent spaced rings, said rings being semi-circular in section having valleys therebetween Semi-circular in section, the end of the shaft being pointed whereby the tee is securely held in the ground.

3. In combination in' a golf tee of a square head having upwardly projecting semi-cir- S0 cular spaced golf ball sup orting edges and a ground attaching shaft aving a plurality of separate annular rings whereby the tee is securely held in the ground.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my si ature.

.GEORGE-CLAU ING. 

